Rotary color-printing machine.



Nu. 699,36i. Patented May 6, I902.

W. P. WRIGHTSUN, ROTARY COLUB PRINTING MACHlNEL (Afplication filed New. 12, wow

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No. 699,36l. Patented May 6, I902.

W. P. WBIGHTSON. ROTARY COLOR PRINTING MACHINE. (Application filed Nov. 18, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICE.

WILLIAM PERCIVAL 'IVRIGHTSON, OF HIGHBURY, ENGLAND.

ROTARY COLOR-PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,361, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed November 18, 1901. Serial No. 82,948. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PERCIVAL WRIGHTSON, engineer, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of No. 1 Compton road, Highbury, in the county of London, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Rotary ColorPrinting Machine, (for which I have applied for a complete patent in Great Britain, No. 2,964, hearing date February 12, 1901,which has been filed, but not yet sealed,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rotary color-printing machines for printing floor-cloths, linoleum, textile, and other fabrics or materials, and has for its object the construction and arrangement of the machine whereby the whole of the machine is kept clear of the printing-floor and more easy access can be had to the printing-rollers, while by my improved construction the weight is considerably reduced and a greater length of material to be printed is exposed to the circumferential surface of the printing-drum.

In the two sheets of drawings accompanying this specification, Figure 1 shows an elevation of my improved rotary color-printing machine, and Fig. 2 a plan of same.

In carrying out my invention I form the top framework F of steel or other suitable material placed a convenient distance above the horizontal center a of the machine, and from which framework F, I suspend cheeks or side frames A, on which are the nips or horns 13 for carrying the printing and other rollers D. The cross-pieces O, forming part of the aforesaid cheeks or side frames A, are carried in slings P also from the top framework F, suitable bearings being provided, as shown, for carrying the bowl or drum E, around which passes the floor-cloth or other material to be printed. (Shown in dotted lines and the direction of travel by the arrows.)

which after having been printed passes from the bowl or drumand in the direction of the arrows marked on Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings through an alleyway (not shown) formed in the floor X to a room below, where it is hung up to dry. This first length of floor-cloth or other material now having been passed away to the floor below, the machine is clear of all material to be printed and is ready for being traversed along by means of the traversing-gear shown on the drawings until it is brought opposite another alley-way in the floor X. The machine in its new position is then ready to receive and print another length of floor-cloth or other material.

When the machine is required to remain stationary without traversing, I dispense with the wheels K and other traversing parts and rails M, carrying the top framework F, with its cheeks or side frames, on columns, steel girders, or the like. (Not shown in the drawings.) By these means it will be seen that the'entire machine is kept clear of the printing-floor X, being suspended or supported on suitable steel girders or the like fixed a convenient distance above the floor X, and that the whole of the printing-rollers are carried on the lower portion of the machine-frames and are thus kept nearerthe floor-level X and are more easily accessible and convenient for operating.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, a track, a frame movable on the track, cheeks suspended from the frame, printing-rollers carried by the cheeks, and a drum journaled in the cheeks coacting with the printing-rollers whereby material carried by the drum will be printed upon by the printing-rollers.

2. In a device of the character described, a frame mounted on elevated supports, cheeks suspended fromthe sides of the frame and hanging clear of the floor, printing-rollers carried by the cheeks around their lower parts, and a drum journaled in the cheeks coacting with the printing rollers whereby material carried by the drum will be printed upon by the printing-rollers.

3. In a device of the character described, an elevated track, a frame having wheels bearing on the track, cheeks suspended from the sides of the frame and hanging clear of the floor, printing-rollers carried by the cheeks on their lower parts, a drum journaled in the cheeks coaching with the printingrollers whereby material carried by the drum will be printed upon by the printing-rollers, and means for traversing the frame on the tracks. 10

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM PERCIVAL WRIGHTSON.

WVitnesses:

BENJ. THOS. KING, ROBT. T. HUNTER. 

